DC Universe’s next animated feature will be adapted from one of DC Comic’s more recent crossover storylines, entitled “Flashpoint.” It’s a story in which The Flash’s archnemesis, The Reverse-Flash (stick with me) travels back in time and changes an event of the past, resulting in an altered version of the DC universe. Barry Allen, because of his connection to the speed force (and therefore, temporal energy) is the one man with memory of how things should be. But convincing other (very different) versions of his Justice League teammates to set things right could be more than Barry can handle alone.

Recent Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox trailers have shown that DCU is indeed making a faithful (enough) adaptation of writer Geoff Johns and artist Andy Kubert’s miniseries, which served as the springboard for DC’s rebooted “New 52″ universe – which of course helped shape their successful tentpole film, Man of Steel. With the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con right around corner, you know that DC Universe is going to make their usual big splash, once again premiering their animated feature to a room full of adoring fans.

COMIC-CON 2013 PREMIERE

Below you’ll find detailed information about DCU’s Comic-Con premiere of Flashpoint Paradox, followed by a clip from the film and a gallery of new images, featuring characters like Flash and the altered versions of Batman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg and run-and-gun reporter, Lois Lane:

Friday, July 19 7:30-9:30 World Premiere of Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation invite you to be the first to experience Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, the highly-anticipated next entry in the ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies. When time travel allows a past wrong to be righted for Flash and his family, the event’s temporal ripples prove disastrous, creating a fractured, alternate reality where the Justice League never formed, and even Superman is nowhere to be found. Amidst a new world being ravaged by a fierce war between Wonder Woman’s Amazons and Aquaman’s Atlanteans, Flash must team with a grittier, more violent Batman and government agent Cyborg to restore the continuity of Flash’s original timeline. Come for the film, but stay for the star-studded panel that features Grey’s Anatomy stars Justin Chambers and Kevin McKidd as Flash and Batman, respectively, along with C. Thomas Howell (Southland), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride), Sam Daly (The Daly Show) and a few surprise voice cast members, plus the filmmaking team of producer James Tucker (Superman: Unbound), director Jay Oliva (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns), dialogue director Andrea Romano (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns), screenwriter Jim Krieg (Green Lantern: The Animated Series) and character designer Phil Bourassa (Young Justice). Moderator Gary Miereanu will add to the fun with a special announcement of the 2014 DCU movie slate, as well as exclusive, cast-autographed prizes for a few lucky fans. Based on the landmark mini-series by Geoff Johns & Andy Kubert, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox will be available as a digital download on July 19, 2013 and a Blu-ray™ Combo Pack on July 30, 2013. Ballroom 20

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CLIP: HOLOGRAM

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FLASHPOINT IMAGE GALLERY

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Justice League: The Flash Paradoxwill premiere at Comic-Con 2013 on Friday, July 19th @ 7:30pm in Ballroom 20. The film will become available on DVD/Blu-ray, VOD and other streaming services on July 30th, 2013.

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B. Siegel 1 year ago

cant wait to see it DC animation always make good movies I wish they would help the live action movies get off their butts and make other characters movies like Flash, GL, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and the rest.

Now let’s just get a live-action Flash movie rolling, and I mean right now! Barry Allen as The Flash, Professor Zoom (Reverse Flash) as the villain. Want to ratch it up to about a notch beyond beleif, and have a winner movie? make it Green Lantern (Ryan Reynolds as a more serious Green Lantern that has matured with the recognition of his great responsibility as an intersteller policeman based on Earth) & The Flash (Barry Allen) against Sinestro and Professor Zoom. An even match, introduces Flash looking ahead to JLA, and I think DC/Warner will have a winner (if they learn from the mistakes in GL#1). You could not make this any better, could you??????? (–unless you tipped the scales in the baddies’ favor to really challenge Barry and Hal, and added Time Commander as an additional villain…!!!). Anyone at DC/Warner with some far-reaching foresight and initiative reading this?

My only real issue with this idea though is that it basically takes 2 awesome films and bundles them together, which runs the risk of not doing each one nearly as well as they could do
I’m not against putting Flash and GL together in film, in fact in makes the same kind of sense as a superman/batman combo (if for slightly different reasons)
But (or at least for the first time these villains/stories are used in live action)
Sinestro war deserves its own movie IMO
And reverse-flash is flashes archnemisis so that battle should happen in a solo film IMO

I agree that WB/DC should use flashpoint to to get a live action Flash film moving forward though, and make it fast (don’t wait to long), use the inevitable buzz and exposure the film will generate to get people psyched for a Flash live action film